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  • One Hundred Original Ideas for Horror Movies (#30 – 34)

    We’re about 1/3 of the way through 100 ideas for horror movies, so let’s shake things up a bit. The next few ideas follow a theme: They’ve already been done. Sometimes I’m halfway through writing an original idea for a horror movie, when I get to the extensive research phase of the process and realize…

  • Insomnia

    Note: Post updated on Sept. 21, 8:10 p.m.. This is a true story: 09/17/2007: I wake up, check the clock. 2:00 a.m. I hear noises coming from the darkness outside of the bedroom. Tapping noises. I wait a minute, heart thumping deep, hoping it was my imagination. Willow begins to bark as it starts up…

  • Your Brain Will Betray You

    People are dumb. If they hear something that is unclear or ambiguous, they will hear whatever they want to hear, or whatever they are told to hear. And I don’t mean they’ll interpret “nice shoes” as a genuine comment when it was meant sarcastically; I mean people will actually hear completely different words depending on…